The Job Of Mother Whose Son Fell In Gorilla Pit Has Many Outraged

When one mother’s son scaled a fence and fell into the gorilla pit at a Cincinnati zoo last week, she likely had no idea how quickly she would find herself in the national spotlight. Zoo officials initially felt the brunt of the criticism from those who argued the gorilla’s space should not be so easily accessible, and that zoo officials should have tried tranquilizing the gorilla before killing it. But when animal experts such as Jack Hanna defended the zoo keepers, critics’ attention shifted to the mother, Michelle Gregg, and her parenting skills.

Now, word has come out that Greg works as a daycare administrator, taking attacks on her parenting capabilities to the next level. One Twitter user Julia Marie wrote, “Michelle Gregg is a daycare worker? Lord, help those children 😂😂😂😂😂 #parentoftheyear #RIPHarambe.”

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Gregg responded to the incident in a now-deleted Facebook post. According to one source, the mother wrote, “What started off as a wonderful day turned into a scary one … God protected my child until the authorities were able to get to him. Accidents happen but I am thankful that the right people were in the right place today.”

Some have come to Gregg’s defense, pointing out that accidents like that could happen to anyone. According to one eye-witness, the incident could not have been avoided on the part of the mother.

Dierdre Lykins reportedly saw the entire incident. She wrote, “This was an accident! ! A terrible accident, but just that! The child quickly crawled through! None of us actually thought he’d go over the nearly 15 foot drop, but he was crawling so fast through the bushes before myself or husband could grab him, he went over! This mother was not negligent and the zoo did an awesome job handling the situation!”

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Police are determining whether the parents of the young boy will face any charges.